Music Manuscripts:

An Inventory of the Collection at the Harry Ransom Center

Title:

Music Manuscripts
Collection

Dates:

1668-1967, undated

Extent:

13 boxes (6.29 linear feet)

Abstract:

A gathering of manuscripts related to
a variety of composers and musical performers, arranged into two series: I. Scores,
and II. Letters and Other Manuscripts. The bulk of the collection is made up of
piano and vocal music manuscripts (individual pieces as well as collections of
opera
arias and popular songs) and manuscripts for instrumental music. Early items include
a score for Il trionfo di Camilla by Giovanni
Bononcini (1670-1747) and part books for operas by Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)
and his student Pascal Collasse (1649-1709).

Jeannie Binder and Joan Sibley, 2011
Note:
This finding aid replicates and replaces information previously available only in
a
card catalog. Please see the explanatory note at the end of this finding aid for
information regarding the arrangement of the manuscripts as well as the
abbreviations commonly used in descriptions.